HMV 102 Gramophone - Coleman Hawkins Orchestra

Here's another new video clip, this time recorded on my c.1934 HMV Model 102 gramophone - this being one of the deluxe models finished in blue rexine.
This is Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra recorded in February 1944 playing 'Disorder At The Border'. Listed personnel are; Coleman Hawkins, Don Byas, Bud Johnson (Tenor saxes); John "Dizzy" Gillespie (Trumpet); Clyde Hart (Piano); Oscar Pettiford (Bass) and Max Roach (Drums).
Born in 1904, Coleman Hawkins was a pioneer of the tenor saxophone in jazz and played with many of the best-known bands in a career starting around 1921. As a band leader he was also reputed to have an eye for new talent:- these 1944 sessions with Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet are regarded as some of the first 'Bebop' recordings ever made. His career slowed at the end of the 1950's and into the 60's but he continued to perform and record up to 1967. By then a heavy drinker with failing health, Hawkins succumbed to liver disease in 1969.
This is on the Apollo label, "Masterworks In Jazz" N°753, recorded on 22nd February 1944.
Please visit www.thegramophonecollector.com for more details of my collection.

[@alexthomson7465]

I have this model but in green. I got it in a brocante in France. I adore it.

[@Amgmerc11919]

J'ai le meme mais noir

[@JP-kx7lw]

Mister... you made me happy !! What a video ! Superb !!! paul

[@beehappy3209]

Nice sound is clear - jazzy

[@ruslanradiofan6260]

In 1935 , in USSR all Gramophone factories ( Leningrad’s GramPlastTrest and other)
Started to produce gramophones that was copy of this model

[@slc679]

were they any good?

[@theantiquescollector2199]

@@slc679 Ya. Not Best, but still better than Indian Crapophones.

[@abdelmc1373]

@@theantiquescollector2199 right

[@Kipelov175]

​@@slc679if you interested in, I can make video about Russia version

[@antoniocfilho9544]

lindos aparelhos e musicas maravilhas

[@bylagu]

I had been using or handling this phono when I was just 3.5 years old.

[@theantiquescollector2199]

You don't have it anymore?

[@jacob_n_r_z8755]

Did i just time traveled to 1930?

[@miren3489]

I feel like this would be played at disney land--

[@stonedsavage7814]

i own a gramophone cabinet that i have never ever seen for sale online.

[@sonialila7880]

This may be a silly question; but does that use the same size and type of record that was used most recently?

[@organlover1968]

Hi Sonia. No, not a silly question at all. Modern records are either 7" (45rpm) singles or 12" (33rpm) long play albums (LP's) - both made from a very soft vinyl. The older records were made of a much harder shellac based compound and played at 78rpm. They were available in many sizes but most commonly 10" and 12".

[@ApatheticGod0]

Indeed, in fact, using a vinyl record on this would severely damage the record. The needle here is essentially a point of steel with the entire tonearm resting on it (some 5+ grams. This is so great that it would carve up a vinyl record like butter, instead of following the grooves, it would carve it’s own into the record so it’s not a silly question at all!

[@puciohenzap891]

@@ApatheticGod0 I've read that the same thing would happen if one tried to play a shellac record on a modern turntable with a sapphire/diamond stylus - it would carve into the record and destroy it. Is that true?

[@rs9553]

Hi have the same :)

[@bylagu]

G. E. Are these gramophones available in the market to purchase them.

[@theantiquescollector2199]

Look on ebay or etsy , there's bunch of them

[@wclim3236]

Hi
May i know this gramophone for sale? Thanks

[@panditjee1]

REALY I WANT TO PURCHASE THIS ITEM. PLS HELP ME.

[@organlover1968]

This item is not for sale.

[@thesofabears2]

you can find them on eBay or esty if you're lucky and if you have money. You'll never find things like this on amazon.

[@muzykaretro]

Hi

[@voldy3565]

Is there any way to make your own records that will play on these? What I mean is putting modern music onto a record that will play on this.

[@organlover1968]

Hi, it's an interesting question and, I suppose, the answer is 'Where there's a will, there's a way". The technology to produce 78rpm records certainly still exists - most people will tell you that the last 78's were produced in the late 50's/early 60's and this is generally true. However, it may come as a surprise to many to discover that the last commercial release that I'm aware of was 'Millennium' by Robbie Williams which was issued by HMV as a limited (999 copies) collectors edition 10" shellac 78 on May 18th 2000, now very rare, very collectable and extremely expensive. It's worth noting that, although this was a standard looking shellac 78, I'm certain it would have been produced with a modern microgroove, designed for electric turntables and making it unsuitable for playing on a mechanical gramophone. I hope this helps, Gordon.

[@benk4639]

I have one for sale, let me know if you need it

[@muzykaretro]

Can You sell me this ciecle brush? Have You got red or only this one?

[@karuppusamysamy3417]

For selas

[@muzykaretro]

Hi